streets as parks--rethinking and activating public space in seattle and boston
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WHY STREETS AS PARKS?
NOT ENOUGH.
POORLY CONNECTED.
INEQUITABLY DISTRIBUTED.
A CASE STUDY: BELL STREET PARK
CONTEXT
SHARROWS IN BOTH WESTBOUND LANES
HEAVY USE BY BUSES AND EMERGENCY VEHICLES
THREE FLAT BLOCKS AND ONE STEEPER BLOCK
CRIME WAS A MAJOR CONCERN
COLLABORATION WAS KEY graphic courtesy of Hewitt
MOA
COMMUNITY WORKSHOPS…
WELL ATTENDED, BUT A LOT OF THE USUAL SUSPECTS
LESS TRADITIONAL VENUES
SUMMER STREET PARTY IN THE STREET
MEETING PEOPLE WHERE THEY ARE
8 WAYS TO MAKE YOUR STREET PERFORM LIKE A PARK
1. RECLAIM
2. ELEVATE
3. GRID
4. TWIST
5. MEANDER
6. GUIDE
7. BLUR
8. GROW
A FLEXIBLE FRAMEWORK
APPLIED ONE BLOCK AT A TIME
TO FORM A 4-BLOCK STREET PARK CORRIDOR
CONSTRUCTION WAS COMPLETE IN MARCH 2014
1ST TO 2ND
2ND TO 5TH
A FRONT PORCH FOR ALL
ALSO IMPORTANT AT NIGHT
DIVERSITY OF SPACES
SAFE CURBLESS CROSSINGS
RECYCLING CURBS…
INTO “PERCHES”
ACCESSIBILITY
DEEP ACCESSIBILITY
THE SLOWEST COMMON DENOMINATOR
PUBLIC SPACES WHERE WE FEEL SAFE TO BRING CHILDREN
AUGUST 2013
MARCH 2014
JULY 2014
A FLEXIBLE STAGE FOR THE COMMUNITY TO ACTIVATE!
A WORD ABOUT CURBS
A WORD ABOUT PARKING
A WORD ABOUT DOGS
ALL IN ALL, POSITIVE RESULTS SO FAR AND SEATTLE IS POISED TO BUILD ON IT
WHAT’S NEXT?
NORD ALLEY, SEATTLE
PIONEER PASSAGE, SEATTLE
Other alley here
WEEDIN PLACE, SEATTLE
IT COMES FULL CIRCLE…